Analysis of Arrow



Arrow mine, what pointed tongue
Can speak, except one sharp ecstatic
Word, to those whose hearts it pricks?
Stiff spine nocked tight, at swift release

Fly fast, seek quick. Though fell, don’t kill
A soul. Instead, whet what desire
Deeply needs, keep keen the mind’s
Delight in any love. Sharpen

Heart’s cupidity. Just one
Thing more. Before you finally fall
To lie too still, face slack, spine hunched,
Flame quenched, I’d like to see you blazing,

Soaring as a shooting star.
Well, as you will, my avatar.


Scheme XXXX XXXA AXXX BB
Poetic Form
Metre 1011101 110111010 1111111 11111101 11111111 010111010 1011101 01010110 1010011 110111001 11111111 111111110 1010101 1111110
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 500
Words 87
Sentences 8
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 2
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 28
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 98
Words per stanza (avg) 22
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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